What happens when your exhibition becomes front page news?
I’ll almost guarantee you read that headline and thought “I wish”. The perception is often that trying to convince a n…
I’ll almost guarantee you read that headline and thought “I wish”. The perception is often that trying to convince a n…
Last week I went to two art exhibitions. Paul Graham at the Whitechapel and George Shaw at the Baltic. Looking at Graham’s photos…
Picture the kind of digital messiah the arts really needs. What would he or she look like? Are they minister shaped? No. Are they…
Amid all the furore over the current arts funding crisis, there has been a lot of talk of the arts embracing wider corporate busin…
It seems the Place Prize just can’t get it right. In 2008, then Theatre Director John Ashford named the young choreographer…
I’ve been busy getting my feet under the table at Travelling Light Theatre Company, producing projects with young Bristolian…
Having recently spent a week in New York – taking part in the TS Eliot US/UK Exchange organised by Old Vic New Voices &ndash…
I know that the term ‘social networks’ is perhaps one of the most blogged about in the entire history of everything in…
FROM Mike Layward, Artistic Director, DASH In your article ‘ACE grapples with equality’ (p1, AP236), I would challenge…
A month has passed since Arts Council England announced the 695 organisations that will make up its new National Portfolio from Ap…
I took a very sad trip around Leicester Haymarket a few weeks ago. Once it was thriving. Once upon a time you could see interestin…
When I am not working on technology issues, I am struggling to work out how to raise funds for arts organisations which cover both…
Is it a bit odd that watching someone opening a champagne bottle in Simon Stephens’ Wastwater at the Royal Court last weeken…
Since the 1960s the eco art movement has concerned itself with environmental degradation, the role of the human in this and has an…
The recent cuts have meant that many organisations have either recognised they need to fundraise or to increase their reliance on…
In your article about the latest Taking Part figures (AP235, pp1–2) you say the seven English audience agencies “faile…
…well it does doesn’t it? Or it certainly did last week. Shift hit the fan on March 30th and as a result we now have…
The cuts are rapidly becoming synonymous with an unhealthy cultural state, although perhaps we should question how healthy our cul…
Who has responsibility for customer service in your organisation? If you produce your own product it may seem straightforward but,…
In the wake of the NPO funding announcement last Wednesday there will be organisations up and down the country saying goodbye to s…
As a producer who works largely in new writing, I’m always fascinated to observe the process a writer undertakes – bet…
Practically all public art Galleries have some kind of “education” or “engagement” arm to them, specifical…
Last Friday I went to see Cheek by Jowl’s stunning, Russian company, ‘Tempest’ at the Barbican. Then, on Saturday afte…
I was recently invited to observe a dance lesson taking place as part of a community education programme. Although the artists kne…